The American dream and the public schools /
Hochschild, Jennifer L., 1950-
The American dream and the public schools / Jennifer L. Hochschild and Nathan Scovronick. - New York : Oxford University Press, 2003. - xii, 301 pages ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [239]-290) and index.
What Americans want from public schools
School desegregation
School finance reform
School reform
Choice
... Examines ... desegregation, school funding, testing, vouchers, bilingual education, multicultural education, and ability grouping. These seem to be separate problems, but much of the contention over them comes down to the same thing: an apparent conflict ... between policies designed to promote each student's ability to pursue success and those designed to insure the good of all students or the nation as a whole. The authors show how polices to promote individual success too often benefit only those already privileged by race or class ... The book also examines issues such as creationism and afrocentrism ..
0195152786 (alk. paper) 9780195152784
2002027848
Education and state--United States.
Educación y Estado --Estados Unidos
Educational equalization--United States.
Igualdad en la educación --Estados Unidos
Public schools--United States.
Escuelas públicas--Estados Unidos
LC 89 / H685a 2003
371.01/0973
The American dream and the public schools / Jennifer L. Hochschild and Nathan Scovronick. - New York : Oxford University Press, 2003. - xii, 301 pages ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [239]-290) and index.
What Americans want from public schools
School desegregation
School finance reform
School reform
Choice
... Examines ... desegregation, school funding, testing, vouchers, bilingual education, multicultural education, and ability grouping. These seem to be separate problems, but much of the contention over them comes down to the same thing: an apparent conflict ... between policies designed to promote each student's ability to pursue success and those designed to insure the good of all students or the nation as a whole. The authors show how polices to promote individual success too often benefit only those already privileged by race or class ... The book also examines issues such as creationism and afrocentrism ..
0195152786 (alk. paper) 9780195152784
2002027848
Education and state--United States.
Educación y Estado --Estados Unidos
Educational equalization--United States.
Igualdad en la educación --Estados Unidos
Public schools--United States.
Escuelas públicas--Estados Unidos
LC 89 / H685a 2003
371.01/0973